WēodmōnaþorǷēodmōnaþ (modern English: Weed (or Grass) Month) was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of August.[1]
The name was recorded by the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede in his treatise De temporum ratione (The Reckoning of Time), saying that "Vueod-Monath is the month of weeds, as this is the time when they grow most abundantly"[2]
Ƿēodmōnaþ is also explained in Menologium of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles:
"Agustus mōnaþ on ūre geþēode wē nemnaþ Wēodmōnaþ, for ðon ðe hī on ðam mōnþe mǣst geweaxaþ."[3]
"The month of Agustus we call the weed month in our language, for these grow most in this month.”
Vueod-monath mensis zizaniorum, quod ea tempestate maxime abundent.
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